In December 2014, the district convened a 63-person Long-Term Facilities Planning Task Force to collaborate on long-term facilities planning. On Nov. 9, 2015, the Task Force presented long-term facilities planning recommendations to the School Board and Superintendent.

The Task Force began meeting in December 2014 to collaborate with the district to develop a recommended strategy for meeting long-term facilities needs. A smaller Working Subcommittee (WSC) has been digging into the details regarding the district’s lack of classroom capacity and aging facilities, and reporting back to the Task Force.

The Task Force and WSC asked the following detailed questions and learned their answers. Based on this learning, they explored strategies and options for addressing the two challenges. And, throughout the process, the Task Force reached out to the community for input on their work through online surveys, Town Hall sessions, and open houses.

Getting to the recommendations

The Task Force used a planning framework that organized approaches, strategies, trade-offs, costs, etc., to inform their recommendations on how to address the challenges of overcrowding and aging facilities. View the Planning Framework page to learn more.

In summer 2015, the Task Force used community input and its values to develop draft recommendations. The group shared the draft recommendations with the School Board in August.

In September and October, the Task Force shared the draft recommendations with and gather feedback from the community. Outreach included an online feedback survey, Task Force member presentations at individual school events, district-hosted Learning Community meetings, and the Task Force and district co-hosted a Town Hall to hear from community members.

In October, the Task Force incorporated feedback from the community and the School Board as it developed final recommendations.

In November, the Task Force presented the final recommendations to the School Board. To see an overview of the recommendations, visit the next pages. For the full recommendations, review the Recommendations Report.

Task Force values

The Task Force supports a long-term facilities plan that efficiently, effectively and equitably addresses district growth requirements and maximizes educational outcomes with minimal impacts to families. Recommendations will be based on shared values, which were developed with community input.

The Task Force agreed that recommendations must meet the following shared values:

Support families and the community without putting undue burden on them

Be effective, efficient and good long-term stewards of money, space, and resources to achieve the best educational outcomes for students

Provide equity (i.e., appropriate facilities) for all students across the district

Provide a safe school environment

Provide flexible facilities that support innovation

The Task Force will also consider the following values as they develop their recommendations:

Attract and retain the best educators

Maintain or raise the bar in support of evolving educational experience, quality, and delivery